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Week 0 provided a sip, a nice sample, of The Open Man Saturday Six-Pack. The postponement of Richmond-Sam Houston State whittled six down to five, making this the first full sixer of the 2017 season; well, sort of. With its move to Waco and a Friday night date on Week 1, Richmond-Sam Houston State rounds…

The one Group of Five conference that received the most attention since the inception of the College Football Playoff was the American Athletic Conference (AAC). In 2015, the AAC had a surprising season that resulted in Houston making it to the Peach Bowl on the Group of Five auto-bid. The Cougars stunned Florida State. Because…

Week 1's slate between kicking off between 7:30 a.m. and 3:30 ET alone provided enough great matchups to fill most Saturdays. But that was just the beginning. Part 2 of the Week 1 Saturday Six-Pack rounds out the Best Opening Saturday in College Football History™ with picks for the second half. A couple of ACC…

CFB Huddle's American Athletic Preview Week turns focus outside the AAC and to the ACC, Big 12, Mountain West, MAC. From these conferences come opponents in some of the AAC's most promising non-league dates. Nonconference play contributed to the positive perception of the American a year ago: Houston's defeats of Louisville and Vanderbilt, Memphis routing…

Tyler Matakevich rose from All AAC Defense to national defensive player of the year last season. The Temple Owls linebacker is NFL-bound, leaving a spot for another American Athletic defensive standout to reach the pinnacle this year. ALL-AAC 2016 DEFENSE Among the great stories of the American's rise a season ago: Temple's emergence. The Owls…

The Preseason All AAC nominees spotlighted as part of the CFB Huddle season preview series may not include many household names -- not yet, anyway. But the emergence of stars like Keenan Reynolds and Paxton Lynch a season ago proved the star power residing in the American Athletic Conference. This year's crop is rife with…

College football coaches have never been under greater pressure to win more, and win sooner, than ever before. Last decade, the grace period for building a winning program was roughly four-to-six years, depending on the situation a head coach inherited. That's enough time for a recruiting cycle to play out, from signing day to Senior…

Now that Christmas is past, the bowl season kicks into high-gear. For college football fans, the coming week is akin to the various post-Christmas sales retailers offer immediately after Dec. 25. For bargain-hounds, the holidays are just beginning. It's the same for football junkies, who have a deluge of games now through New Year's to…

Neither Mack Brown nor Charlie Weis is coaching in 2015. Mack Brown is paid to gave his insights on the game for ESPN, Charlie Weis is paid to...well, to not work. And yet, here are both one week into the 2015 season, talking about their coaching days. In their defense, neither commandeered media attention for…

Another season opener, another overtime thriller. This is getting to be old hat for Tulsa, which matched last year's 38-31 double overtime defeat of Tulane with a 47-44 overtime win over FAU Saturday. Wide receiver Keevan Lucas was the hero a year ago with 13 receptions, three touchdowns and 233 yards. He was the hero…

When Clint Trickett opines on the challenge facing Everett Golson both as Florida State quarterback and as a graduate transfer, it comes from a place of experience. Trickett took the opposite route of Golson, departing Florida State when it became evident Jameis Winston was going to be the Seminoles starter. But like Golson, he landed…

College football's opening* night was jam-packed with action--more than one person could hope to follow. Fear not, fellow pigskin junkie. The College Football Huddle has the best of what you may have missed from Thursday's action. (more…)